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# Python Core Developer- Hedge Fund trading team

- **Company:** Yesterday By Efinancialcareers
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £160,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Python (Programming Language), Linux Servers, SQL Databases, Data Ingestion
- **Published:** September 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/python-core-developer-hedge-fund-trading-team/57331795

## About the Role

* Minimum 5+ years' development experience (ideally more!)
 * Deep understanding of Python
 * Experience managing SQL databases (in particular dealing with time series data)
 * Technical background (Maths/ Comp Sci/Engineering)
 + Finance is not a hard requirement

Desirable

 * Advanced academic background in STEM, e.g. Masters or PhD
 * Previous experience in Fixed Income

## Description

* Stability of daily production (incl. data ingestion and processing, production services)
 * Maintain the team's infrastructure (SQL databases, Linux servers, CI, services, etc.)
 * Enforce best practices in coding and provide guidance to other team members
 * Turn user ideas into production level code and help risk-takers write better code


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